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Special Weather Statement, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 19, 2023Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2023, 3:29 AM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2023, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2023, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2023-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 18, 3:15 PM CDT, 12 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:15 PM CDT, 12 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Lamar43 min
Jun 18, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXSumter33 min
Jun 18, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPickens55 min
Jun 18, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXGreene49 min
Jun 18, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBMXFayette, Tuscaloosa33 min
Jun 18, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXFayette37 min
Jun 18, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson39 min
Jun 18, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXWinston35 min
Jun 18, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXJefferson31 min
Jun 18, 11:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXJefferson2 hr
Jun 19, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXCoosa39 min
Jun 19, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay, Talladega25 min
Jun 19, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo47 min
Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee50 min
Jun 19, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph27 min
Jun 19, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo41 min
Jun 19, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas54 min
Jun 19, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLowndes53 min
Jun 19, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery, Pike51 min
Jun 19, 5:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour47 min
Jun 19, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery24 min
Jun 19, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXElmore35 min
Jun 19, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMontgomery34 min
Jun 19, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon27 min
Jun 19, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLowndes, Montgomery40 min
Jun 19, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMacon38 min
Jun 19, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarengo41 min
Jun 19, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBullock, Macon, Montgomery38 min
Jun 19, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXLee49 min
Jun 19, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour, Bullock, Montgomery, Pike59 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.